Race Sociology

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• Explain the connections between ethnicity with topics such as education, employment and housing

• Continue preparing for the picture analysis. Presentation next meeting. ​

IGCSE Sociology

• Education

• Employment

• Housing​

Reason: those who are in positions of power and authority hold prejudiced views​

• teachers are likely to be from the majority group and may stereotype ethnic minority pupils as lazy or deviant (different)

• ​minority pupils may internalise these views and are then likely not to succeed in education

• the school may also have a curriculum that is based on the history and culture of the majority group​

• ethnic minorities may not be selected for interview if their name suggests they are from a minority group

• some are not invited for an interview even if they are the best candidate (perhaps they're told that they won't fit in)

• if given employment, they may find that they're not given opportunities to take training courses and do not get a promotion​

• local government has a stock of housing available for rent, ethnic minorities may find that the rules are against them, and are rarely offered housing

• in privately owned housing there can be informal segregation when members of minorities plan to move to a new are, which make the minorities feel that they're not welcome​

While there are laws against racial discrimination in education, employment and housing, it can be very hard to prove that what has happened is discrimination.

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